Continuous Eligibility

Continuous Eligibility A. A child under age nineteen (19), who is approved for Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), is eligible for twelve (12) months consecutively, regardless of changes in family income and other household circumstances. B. Miss. Admin. Code Rule 11.1.A. is applied when determining and re-determining eligibility for a child under age nineteen (19) regardless of category of eligibility. C. Continuous coverage for children may also be referred to as a protected period because the child cannot lose eligibility in the assigned category of eligibility unless one (1) of a limited number of early termination reasons is met. [Refer to Miss. Admin. Code Part 101, Rule 11.2]. D. The child’s program cannot be changed from Medicaid to CHIP unless the head of household voluntarily requests early termination or the child was approved in error in the current program.